Kent Downtown Partnership Committees

Annual Dinner and Auction Committee

Art Committee

Chair: Susan Bagrationoff (Artsy Fartsy)

Responsible for bringing art to Downtown’s public areas and creating opportunities for artists to display their art in Downtown Kent including Third Thursday Art Nights. The Art Committee helps create shared experiences to develop a sense of community and add more for people to discover downtown.

Clean-Up Day Committee

Chair: Garry Stewart (The Doorman Service Co.)
Responsible for organizing KDP’s 2 annual Clean-Up Days in May and September.

Design Committee

Chair: Suzanne Cameron (Around the Clock, Inc., CRMC)
An inviting atmosphere created through window displays, parking areas, signs, colorful banners, sidewalks, street lights and landscaping all improve the physical image of the downtown as a quality place to shop, work, walk, invest in and live. Design improvements result in a reinvestment of public and private dollars to downtown.

Economic Development Committee

Co-Chair: Mike Miller (Homestreet Bank)
Co-Chair: Kevin Jussel (Curran Law Firm)
This committee analyzes current market forces to develop long term solutions. Recruiting new businesses, creatively converting unused space for new uses, and sharpening the competitiveness of the existing downtown merchants are examples of economic development activities. Additionally, the members of this committee will help existing businesses expand and recruit specific businesses for a better downtown business mix.

Marketing and Promotions Committee

Chair: Frankie June
Co-Chairs: Polly Shepherd (Kent Reporter) and Caitlin Cooper
This committee develops creative and interesting ways to market our downtown and its businesses as well as create excitement downtown. Street festivals, retail events, and image development campaigns are some of the ways Main Street encourages customer traffic. You will be selling the image and promise of Main Street to all prospects. By marketing the district’s unique characteristics to shoppers, investors, new businesses and visitors, an effective promotion strategy forges a positive image through advertising, retail promotional activity and special events.

Membership Committee

Chair: Caitlin Cooper
Responsible for reaching out to members, staging membership campaigns, and helping with recruitment of members.

Safety & Security Committee

Chair: Garry Stewart (The Doorman Service Co.)
Identifies and resolves all safety and security issues related to the downtown retail and business core.